Long Hollow

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Realtor, writer, blogger in Austin, TX

Category: Sweet!

  • Wildflowers, Swimming Dogs, and other Sweet!s of the Week

    I came upon this field of wildflowers dancing in the wind yesterday afternoon. Sunshine plus a breeze plus a bouquet like this from nature equals a spring cleaning for my soul. No room left for any shadows.  The photo doesn't do it justice, so close your eyes, take my hand and step into the field.…

  • Super Moon and other Sweet!s of the Week

    I've already jumped onto the Weekend Express, but I'm taking advantage of a pit stop to post my Saturday Sweet! List from the past week before I get whisked into the next one…   Saturday: catching the Super Moon low on the horizon; waking to the sound of unexpected rain (Not the best capture, but…

  • Vintage Airports, Engaged Couples, Dark-Eyed Juncos, and other Sweet!s of the Week

    We've known him since he was a baby, but when Justin gets married next month we won't be at the wedding. He and his beautiful bride-to-be Pati are tying the knot in Mexico, and as much as we'd love a few days at an ocean side resort, we just can't swing it financially.  That's why…

  • Flowers for Leontien (and other Sweet!s)

    June 3 will mark the 4th anniversary of my first blog post. I started blogging because, as I write in my "About" section up above… "Diaries, letters, and scrapbooks became journals, writing classes and essays became Long Hollow (and a few fictional works in progress…)  But come to find out, what started as an outlet for my journaling…

  • Adventurous Kids, No Dead Armadillos on the Porch, and other sweet things

    My kids are off adventuring this weekend. I'm living vicariously through them. That's my right as their mother, isn't it? The oldest and his love are in San Diego… yesterday they caught a glimpse of a migrating grey whale while kayaking! The other two are off caving, separately. One in Austin and one a bit…

  • Mary Poppins and other Sweet!s of the week

    I would lie on the wooden floor for hours… or at least it seemed like hours… listening to my Mary Poppins soundtrack album, over and over. Asthma held my lungs hostage – each breath was a major accomplishment – so lying there listening to "Step in Time" and "Feed the Birds" was about all I…

  • Traipsing through Cemeteries and other Sweet!s

    It might seem unusual to wander through a cemetery on your birthday, but that's what I did yesterday. There's a small one dating from the 1850's down the highway toward Marble Falls. When I heard it was blanketed with bluebonnets, I couldn't wait to visit it. There's just something about wildflowers growing beside a headstone that…

  • An evening walk… and other sweet!s of the week

    Tom and I have gotten into the habit of an afternoon walk down to our pond and along our little creek. The blue skies, golden light and exploding colors are irresistible. First, Max wades into the pond up to his neck, letting the water penetrate his thick fur and cool him down. Belle ventures to…

  • Texas and other Sweet!s

    I spent this glorious spring day with Tom and dear friends Shari and Robert driving through the hill country… ooh-ing and ah-ing at fields of bluebonnets, hiking up Enchanted Rock, and eating in Fredericksburg. I'm sunburned and dog-tired, but happily so. (Pictures to follow… you can probably imagine how many I took!) I have to…

  • An Irish Friendship Wish (Sweet!)

      Hope you're all having a wonderful St. Patrick's Day! Perhaps it seems odd to post a photo of a cemetery on this day, but this is no ordinary cemetery. It's a Shallue plot in Ireland. I didn't take the photograph, but I hope to visit it one day and pay my respects to my…